The Kennedy and Johnson Years (1961-1969)

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The Kennedy and Johnson Years(1961-1969)
I. Election of 1960
1. Kennedy (D) v. Nixon (R)
a. Narrow Kennedy victory
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II. Kennedys Domestic Programs

• 1. Proposed tax and budget cuts
• a. opposed by Congress
• 2. Combating Poverty and Inequality
• a. aid and medical for elderly
• -opposed by Congress
• b. Housing Act of 1961
• -4.9 billion for urban renewal
• c. 24th Amendment
• -outlawed poll tax
• d. Equal Pay Act
• -No racial discrimination in salary

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III. The Berlin Crisis

• 1. Mass migration
• a. From Communist E. Germany to Democratic
  W. Germany
• -Soviet Premier Khrushchev forbids
  migration
• -President Kennedy supports migration
• -Ich bin ein Berliner
• b. Soviet solution
• -Construct Berlin Wall
• -August 1961

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